red-state republicans: the left wants abortion on demand up to the moment of birth me: uh no, that's not what w- the AP: ACKCHUALLYhttps://twitter.com/AP/status/1170878517808128000 …
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It’s all science. Until you pick that magical moment. Then it’s at best circularly reasoned and therefore not in any way scientific. Some pick heartbeat, some pick pain, whatever you pick, that’s all it is, something you picked. Tough problem, cop out.
Law is full of bright lines that don't really make sense — statutory rape becomes sex on the 18th birthday, driving becomes drunk driving at .08% BAC on the dot, etc. To draw lines is practical, but it's not justifiable to rest on them as absolute moral dividers
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Could this be the one time in human history where the side that has a more restrictive definition of which humans have rights, is the correct side? Perhaps, but I’m not convinced it’s likely to be the case.
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I think it's absolutely nuts — like, within the realm of delusion or psychosis — to truly believe that a day-3 embryo (~8 cells) is morally equivalent to a newborn baby. But I don't think there are many people who actually believe that; they're just drawing their own bright line.
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